â€śYes, this is a prequel, not a sequel. None of the characters or actors from GAME OF THRONES will appear in the new show. All of the successor shows weâ€™ve been developing have been prequels, as I have mentioned before. This one really puts the PRE in prequel, since it is set not ninety years before GAME OF THRONES (like Dunk & Egg), or a few hundred years, but ratherÂ ten thousand yearsÂ (well, assuming the oral histories of the First Men are accurate, but there are maesters at the Citadel who insist it has only been half that long). Weâ€™re very early in the process, of course, with the pilot order just in, so we donâ€™t have a director yet, or a cast, or a location, or even a title. (My vote would be THE LONG NIGHT, which says it all, but Iâ€™d be surprised if thatâ€™s where we end up. More likely HBO will want to work the phrase â€śgame of thronesâ€ť in there somewhere. Weâ€™ll know sooner or later).â€ť

â€śAs for the other successor showsâ€¦if you have been following along, you know that we started with four, and eventually went to five. One of those has been shelved, I am given to understand, and of course Janeâ€™s pilot is now moving to film. But that does not mean the others are dead. Three more GAME OF THRONES prequels, set in different periods and featuring different characters and storylines, remain in active development. Everything I am told indicates that we could film at least one more pilot, and maybe more than one, in the years to come. We do have an entire world and tens of thousands of years of history to play with, after all.Â Â But this is television, so nothing is certain.â€ť